The Hope Corps Downtown Seattle Mural Project represents a partnership with the Office of Economic Development and six trusted downtown neighborhood organizations. There are over 20 murals spanning from SODO to Belltown, to celebrate Downtown Seattle’s vibrant arts, culture, and entertainment. Each organization worked with local artists to design beautiful pieces of art that create

In this special encore episode of Making Contact, we present “Saltwater Soundwalk”: Indigenous Audio Tour of Seattle. Produced by Jenny Asarnow and Rachel Lam, this rhythmic, watery audio experience, streams of stories that ebb and flow, intermixes English with Coast Salish languages. Indigenous Coast Salish peoples continue to steward this land and preserve its language,

Today on Making Contact we present “Saltwater Soundwalk”: Indigenous Audio Tour of Seattle. Produced by Jenny Asarnow and Rachel Lam, this rhythmic, watery audio experience, streams of stories that… Source: Saltwater Soundwalk: Indigenous Audio Tour of Seattle | Making Contact Radio

Activists are painting unsanctioned DIY crosswalks at intersections in cities like Seattle and LA. Transportation officials should understand why. Source: When Crosswalks Go Rogue – Bloomberg

You can listen to this 55-minute, site-specific audio piece from home or on a long walk along the water between Gas Works Park and the Fremont Bridge. Source: How you can explore Seattle’s waterways with ‘Saltwater Soundwalk’ | The Seattle Times

Looking Down in Seattle – began in 1975 after Seattle Arts Commissioner Jacquetta Blanchett traveled to Florence and saw the city’s hatch art. Working with Department of Community Development director, Paul Schell, Blanchett donated enough money to fund 13 covers, with six more paid for by other donors. Each cost $200 and weighed 230 pounds.

A Washington State walking club Source: Sound Steppers – A Washington State walking club

Some of my fondest memories are of hiking the Olympic National Forest in Washington State and the forests of the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia, seeking the kind of silence one can only find in busy ecosystems full of birds, insects, woodland creatures, rustling leaves, etc. Source: Sounds of the Forest: A Free Audio Archive Gathers